%0 Conference Paper %1 kesewaadankwa2021names %A Dankwa, Nana Kesewaa %B CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems %C New York, NY, USA %D 2021 %I Association for Computing Machinery %K gedispub itegpub from:limabla %N 34 %P 1-6 %R 10.1145/3411763.3450376 %T “All Names Are Pseudonyms”: A Critical Reflection on Pseudonymizing Names in HCI: “All Names Are Pseudonyms” %U https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3450376 %X A person's name embodies identity. During user studies in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), persons are often renamed (pseudonymization) to hide their identity for privacy and ethical reasons. Pseudonymization occurs mostly as a “silent” affair of due diligence. Researchers barely give substantial information to the process nor reveal a reflexive position nor acknowledge the underlying elements of power and identity negotiation. As HCI advances in mitigating the design of biased technologies and breaking oppressive structures, I argue, in this paper, the need for the field to re-consider research requirements such as pseudonymization as possible to embody oppressive structures and erase identity. I present a review of papers from the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘20) that illustrate how silent the HCI approach is. My argument is built on Critical Race Theory, questioning the objectivity of such technical requirements. I use personal narratives to bolster this argument, ending with a call to the HCI community to acknowledge the power and privilege in renaming participants with three recommendations for consideration. %@ 9781450380959

@inproceedings{kesewaadankwa2021names, abstract = {A person's name embodies identity. During user studies in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), persons are often renamed (pseudonymization) to hide their identity for privacy and ethical reasons. Pseudonymization occurs mostly as a “silent” affair of due diligence. Researchers barely give substantial information to the process nor reveal a reflexive position nor acknowledge the underlying elements of power and identity negotiation. As HCI advances in mitigating the design of biased technologies and breaking oppressive structures, I argue, in this paper, the need for the field to re-consider research requirements such as pseudonymization as possible to embody oppressive structures and erase identity. I present a review of papers from the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘20) that illustrate how silent the HCI approach is. My argument is built on Critical Race Theory, questioning the objectivity of such technical requirements. I use personal narratives to bolster this argument, ending with a call to the HCI community to acknowledge the power and privilege in renaming participants with three recommendations for consideration.}, added-at = {2024-01-10T15:08:34.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Dankwa, Nana Kesewaa}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2284267151bdbfca3b4cde4c280388989/gedis}, booktitle = {CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, doi = {10.1145/3411763.3450376}, interhash = {d89a812bbf0e0d2d5377295e16788d6a}, intrahash = {284267151bdbfca3b4cde4c280388989}, isbn = {9781450380959}, keywords = {gedispub itegpub from:limabla}, number = 34, pages = {1-6}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, timestamp = {2024-01-10T15:08:34.000+0100}, title = {“All Names Are Pseudonyms”: A Critical Reflection on Pseudonymizing Names in HCI: “All Names Are Pseudonyms”}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3450376}, year = 2021 }